cannibalism
cannibalism — 名詞
1. when any living creature feeds on another member of the same species — used for
同類相食
同物種個體互相吞食
when any living creature feeds on another member of the same species — used for humans who consume other humans and for animals that eat their own kind
Archaeologists uncovered evidence of ritual cannibalism among the Ancestral Pueblo people of the American Southwest.
考古學家在美國西南部的古代普韋布洛人中發現了儀式性同類相食的證據。
collocation: ritual cannibalism
Female mantises sometimes eat their mates, a form of cannibalism seen in many insect species.
雌螳螂有時會吃掉自己的伴侶，這是許多昆蟲物種中常見的同類相食行為。
animal subject + of-genitive: form of cannibalism
Historical records from several Pacific islands describe cannibalism as part of traditional warfare.
多個太平洋島嶼的歷史記載將同類相食描述為傳統戰爭的一部分。
In some fish species, the first young to hatch practise cannibalism on the remaining eggs.
有些魚類的第一批幼魚孵化後會吃掉剩下的魚卵，這屬於同類相食。
The documentary explores why cannibalism appears in the historical records of so many different cultures.
這部紀錄片探討了為何同類相食會出現在眾多不同文化的歷史記載中。
- anthropophagy
a formal, technical term used almost exclusively for human cannibalism, especially in academic writing
文法句型
used as a mass noun; often modified by adjectives (ritual cannibalism, survival cannibalism)
用法筆記
Cannibalism is treated as an uncountable (mass) noun; the countable noun 'cannibal' refers to a person or animal that practises cannibalism.